Garment hanger



J. D. PEACOCK, SR 2,558,910

GARMENT HANGER Fi led July so, 1948 I N VEN TOR.

JOHN D. PEACOCK. 5r.

Patent d 1951 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER John DavidPeacock, Sr., Westville, N. J.

Application July 30, 1948, Serial N 0. 41,453

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment hangers, and more particularly to suchhangers made of wire and adapted to embrace a clothes line for support.

An object of this invention is to provide a hanger made of a singlepiece of wire with a -spring eye having overlapping portions separablealong its axis to permit introduction of a clothes line into the eye andprevent accidental release therefrom.

A further object is to provide a hanger of this character wherein theseparating of the eye portion is accomplished by means of a bight in theeye portions thus facilitating entry of a clothes line to the eye.

A still further object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and eflicienthanger of this character which may be readily applied to and supportedon and removed from a clothes line by means of a closed eye.

These and other objects of this invention will be more particularly setforth in the following description and the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view, and

Figure 3 is an end elevation.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a single piece Of wire or othersuitable material is formed or shaped to provide a horizontal portion Inon which clothing such as mens trousers and the like may be hung, twoangular side portions I I and I2 over which garments such as a coat,shirts and the like may be supported, a securing portion I3 for mutualsupport formed by twisting together a portion of the ends of the wirebeyond the angular side portions II and I2, and a closed eye portion I4formed by bending to overlapping position the ends I5 and I 6 of thewire, thus forming a garment hanger of one continuous piece of wire.

At the top of the eye portion two small opposed offsets I I and I8 areformed by bending a portion of the overlapping ends of the wire formingthe eye in such manner as to permit forcing the overlapping portionsbroadside apart by introduction of a portion of a clothes line againstthe spring action of the adjacent overlapping portions l5 and I6 of theeye and thus readily permit entry of the line into the closed eye I4where it may remain secure against accidental release.

To facilitate release of the line from the eye I 4 against the springaction of the overlapping ends I5 and I 6 the extreme ends of the wirehave been bent to form two small loop portions I9 and 20 presenting asmooth rounded surface against which the line may be forced and thusreadily spring apart the overlapping portions I5 and IE to readilypermit the line to pass between them and thus release the hanger fromthe line when desired without disturbing the garments on the hanger.

It will thus be seen that regardless of the disturbances such as occurfrom wind, the hanger cannot become accidently detached from the line onwhich it is supported.

It is to be understood that various modifications and changes may bemade in this invention without departing from the spirit and scopethereof, as set forth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a single piece of wire having a firstportion adjacent one end folded backwardly with respect to said pieceand at an angle to the latter, a second portion adjacent the other endbeing folded in converging relation with respect to said first namedportion, said second portion being positioned at an angle with respectto said wire substantially the same as that of said first named portion,the converging parts beyond said portions adjacent to the free ends ofsaid wire being twisted about each other, with one part beyond thetwisted portion being sent to form a loop and the other Of the partsbeyond the twisted portion being bent in the opposite direction to formanother loop, said loops being arranged in'side by side abuttingrelation with respect to each other, each of said loops being fabricatedof resilient material and being provided with an onset, the oilsetsbeing arranged in opposed relation with respect to each other to form anopening therebetween for receiving a supporting element upon theapplication of a spreading force to said loops.

2. A garment hanger comprising a single piece of wire having a firstportion adjacent one end folded backwardly with respect to said pieceand at an angle to the latter, a second portion adjacent the other endbeing folded in converging relation with respect to said first namedportion, said second portion being positioned at an angle with respectto said wire substantially the same as that of said first named portion,the converging parts beyond said portions adjacent to the free ends ofsaid wire .being twisted about each other, with one part beyond thetwisted portion being bent to form a loop and the other of the partsbeyondthe twisted portion being bent in the opposite direction to formanother loop, said loops being arranged in side by side abuttingrelation, each of said loops being fabricated of resilient material andbeing provided with an ofiset, the offsets being arranged in opposedrelation with respect to each other to form an opening therebetween forreceiving a supporting element upon the application of a spreading forceto said loops, and the free end of each of said loops being bent backupon itself adjacent the ends of said loops.

JOHN DAVID PEACOCK, SR.

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